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Ramban on Exodus 33:17/רמב"ן על שמות ל״ג:י״ז
אגַּם אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ אֶעֱשֶׂה אוּלַי הָיָה הָרָצוֹן הַזֶּה בְּסוֹף אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם הַשְּׁנִיִּים עַל דַּעַת רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (בתנחומא כאן), כַּאֲשֶׁר נִתְרַצָּה לוֹ הקב"ה, וְאָמַר "פְּסָל לְךָ שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים" (שמות ל"ד:א'):
1I WILL DO THIS THING ALSO THAT THOU HAST SPOKEN. Perhaps this manifestation of G-d’s good-will was at the end of the second [period of] forty days, in accordance with the opinion of our Rabbis,491 forty days according to the opinion of our Rabbis.” Rashi, quoted there, holds that there were three such periods. when the Holy One, blessed be He, became completely appeased with him, and He said to him, Hew thee two Tablets of stone like unto the first.492